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2017 Coin of the Year nominees announced

December 8, 2016 – Krause Publications has announced the 100 nominees for the 2017 Coin of the Year awards. Each year, the awards honor the best in coin design from around the world.

The first round of voting by an international panel of judges must work through a list of 10 categories in which 98 nominated coins must be considered. All of the coins are dated or issued in 2015. The winners in each category will be recognized at the World Money Fair February 4, 2017, in Berlin, Germany.Monthly newspaper World Coin News has been giving COTY awards annually since 1984. The World Money Fair and the Journal of East Asian Numismatics now co-sponsor them. The World Money Fair has been the home of these prestigious awards since 2008.

In the first round of balloting, judges pick one winner in each of the 10 categories.A second round of voting will select the Coin of the Year from the narrowed field of 10 category winners.Voting by the judges in the first round will conclude December 11.A second round of judging will commence as soon as the votes can be tallied and a second ballot created. This round chooses the Coin of the Year from the winners in the 10 nominating categories.

Here is a full list of Coin of the Year nominees for the first round of voting by an international panel of judges: